Ex-gov Peter Obi looking at the ambulance bearing the remains of Prof. Dora Akunyili
The
body of a former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora
Akunyili, arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Wednesday night and was received by members of her family and political
associates.
The reception team was led by the
immediate-past Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, who assured
that the former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control would be given a burial befitting of her
status and fame.
Akunyili’s body was flown to Nigeria in a
private aircraft from India. It was accompanied by her husband, Dr.
Chike Akunyili; and her younger brother, Dr. Anayo Edemobi.
The remains were subsequently conveyed
to a mortuary in Abuja in an ambulance belonging to the Nigerian-Turkish
Nizamiye Hospital.
Obi said a burial programme would be
drawn up soon, assuring that several stakeholders would make their input
to the programme in close collaboration with the Akunyili family.
The former governor described Akunyili
as an uncommon Nigerian, who made all possible sacrifices for the health
of the country and her people.
Those who joined Obi at the airport to
receive her body included a former Aso Rock Chaplain, Rev. Williams
Okoye; Mr. Chidi Agbapu, Ejike Imoka, Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, Chuma Nzeribe,
and Chinwendu Iloh, among many other admirers and well-wishers.
Akunyili died in the Indian Specialist Cancer Hospital on Saturday, June 7, after a two-year battle with cancer.
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